Cook Chest Tomb Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Cook Chest Tomb Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- deep-eave-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 080 851
- Coordinates
- 50.65865, -3.3025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cook chest tomb, dated 1790, is located approximately 11 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael in Otterton. This Grade II listed chest tomb is made of limestone ashlar and features a low ridged lid with a soffit-moulded design, resting on a moulded plinth. The corners of the tomb are adorned with large vase-like pilasters that are square in section. The long sides of the tomb have fielded panels surrounded by bead-moulded edges. The north-facing panel commemorates the death of George Cook in 1790, while the south-facing panel, which is very worn, records the deaths of some of his relatives.
Local climate
Cook Chest Tomb Approximately 11 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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